Author: Dick Mangrum

The state police are headed to Westminster. A spokesman for the S.C. Law Enforcement Division released this one-sentence statement this afternoon to 96.3/WGOG NEWS: “The State Law Enforcement Division has been requested to conduct a preliminary investigation involving the Westminster Police Department.” That statement from SLED’s Thom Berry was the extent of comment he made, although we have indication that […]

West Union’s mayor and council are voting at their 6 o’clock meeting tonight on a water/sewer contract with neighboring Walhalla. Also, at the West Union meeting, there is to be a report on demolishing the old school building.

The Dairy Research Institute has recognized three Clemson food science students with the first place prize in a new product competition. The students’ winning product was an oat-infused vanilla milk called “tOATal Milk.” On the winning team were graduate students Sarah Stancil of Six Mile, Katie Queen of Clemson, and Jason Raines of Orangeburg. Participants in the New Product Competition […]

The prosecution in S.C. versus Harris rested today, after having called only one witness, Oconee sheriff’s officer Casey Bowling. After a defense motion for a directed verdict of acquittal was denied, Charles Monroe Harris’s lawyer began to call members of the Harris family who testified they don’t believe Harris would be the type to solicit a minor on the Internet. […]

  The appearance on the November ballot of several Oconee petition candidates has thrown an unprecedented wrinkle into contemporary local electioneering. But, according to the elections director, there’s no need to fret. Straight party voting rules have not changed. Joy Brooks, director of county elections, explains during an interview airing today on 96.3/WGOG NEWS.  

Like this year’s races for Oconee School Board, the Keowee Fire Commission November 6 ballot will contain no opposition for the three men who seek seats. Three seats are available. And, at the deadline, the candidates were Doug Carlson, Steve MacLeod, and Greg Hammill.  

Two young Walhalla men have been arrested and charged with car breaking and theft on the Fowler Road. Charged with larceny and breaking into motor vehicle are Benford Robert Craig, 17, and Zachary Kane Gardo, 18. The crimes occurred the night of Saturday, August 4, and they led the Oconee Sheriff’s Department to be in contact with the Walhalla police […]

Just shy of 100 new teachers are ready to begin work at the start of a new Oconee public school year, August 21. If there’s a common thread running among the 97 new hires, it’s that most are female, Caucasian, and young.

In the night skies above Janet Neville’s Calyx Farms on north highway 11, professional photographers Mark McInnis and Carl Ackerman captured meteor showers.

Walhalla conducts two important meetings tonight at the Depot. Everyone is invited to the first one at 6 o’clock when Friends of the Pool will display plans for reopening the municipal swimming pool. One hour later, at 7, the city council has scheduled a private meeting for a contract matter, not specified by the meeting announcement.